Lost in IKEA: A Comedy of Meatballs and Missed Sofas

Fluent Fiction - Swedish: Lost in IKEA: A Comedy of Meatballs and Missed Sofas Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.org/lost-in-ikea-a-comedy-of-meatballs-and-missed-sofas Story Transcript:Sv: Det var en klar dag på IKEA, en av världens mest kända möbelvaruhus.En: It was a clear day at IKEA, one of the world's most famous furniture stores.Sv: Där i den stora havet av människor och prylar, gick Carl, en vanlig man med jeans och en t-shirt, ensam i korridorerna.En: Among the sea of ​​people and items, Carl, an ordinary man in jeans and a t-shirt, walked alone in the corridors.Sv: Hans glada blå ögon skannade de stora skyltarna.En: His happy blue eyes scanned the large signs.Sv: Han hade planer på att köpa en ny soffa.En: He had plans to buy a new sofa.Sv: Men det skulle visa sig att hans planer skulle komma att ta en oväntad uppmärksamhet.En: But it would turn out that his plans were about to attract unexpected attention.Sv: Carl tog en karta vid ingången.En: Carl picked up a map at the entrance.Sv: Han gillade att veta vart han skulle, men IKEA var en egen värld.En: He liked to know where he was going, but IKEA was its own world.Sv: Det var gigantiskt med labyrintlika gångar.En: It was gigantic with labyrinthine corridors.Sv: Han vandrade in i de inbjudande korridorerna och försvann in i en oändlig räcka av utställningslokaler.En: He wandered into the inviting corridors and disappeared into an endless series of showrooms.Sv: Det var en labyrint av kök, vardagsrum, sovrum, och kontor.En: It was a maze of kitchens, living rooms, bedrooms, and offices.Sv: Carl blev mer och mer vilse för varje steg han tog.En: Carl got more lost with each step he took.Sv: Men han visade inte att det störde honom än.En: But he didn't show that it bothered him yet.Sv: Han var för upptagen med att beundra allt runt omkring honom.En: He was too busy admiring everything around him.Sv: Hans favorit var köksavdelningen med sina glänsande ytor och prydliga rad av silver bestick.En: His favorite was the kitchen section with its shiny surfaces and neat rows of silver cutlery.Sv: Men tiden gick och han började känna sig lite hungrig.En: But time passed and he started feeling a bit hungry.Sv: Han såg en skylt för restaurangen och gick dit.En: He saw a sign for the restaurant and went there.Sv: I stället för en soffa, stod han nu i en lång kö till IKEA's restaurang.En: Instead of a sofa, he was now standing in a long line at IKEA's restaurant.Sv: Det var där han fastnade med de berömda köttbullarna och glömde allt om soffan.En: That was where he got stuck with the famous meatballs and forgot all about the sofa.Sv: Han njöt av sina köttbullar.En: He enjoyed his meatballs.Sv: De var heta och goda.En: They were hot and delicious.Sv: Han tänkte: "Det här är inte så illa.En: He thought, "This isn't so bad.Sv: Jag kanske inte fått en soffa, men jag har fått något lika bra, köttbullar!En: I may not have gotten a sofa, but I've got something just as good, meatballs!"Sv: "Efter att ha ätit, försökte han hitta soffaavdelningen på nytt.En: After eating, he tried to find the sofa department again.Sv: Men han lyckades inte.En: But he failed.Sv: Så han gick till informationen för att fråga.En: So he went to the information desk to ask.Sv: Där fick han reda på att soffaavdelningen var stängd för dagen.

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